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Wudu and ghusl with nail polish

الوضوء والغسل مع طلاء الأظافر

A question about a woman who performed wudu or ghusl while wearing nail polish, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that the polish must be removed beforehand because it is a barrier that keeps water out. The Department answered that nail polish must be removed before wudu or ghusl so that water is sure to reach what lies beneath it, because it counts as a barrier that prevents water from reaching the nail. It cited a hadith narrated by Ali warning anyone who, in the ghusl for major impurity, leaves even the spot of one hair untouched by water.

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A question about a woman who performed wudu or ghusl while wearing nail polish, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that the polish must be removed beforehand because it is a barrier that keeps water out. 1

The question

The questioner asked about the ruling for a woman who performs wudu or ghusl while her nails are coated with polish. 1

The answer

The Department answered that nail polish must be removed before wudu or ghusl so that water is sure to reach what lies beneath it, because it counts as a barrier that prevents water from reaching the nail. 1 It cited a hadith narrated by Ali warning anyone who, in the ghusl for major impurity, leaves even the spot of one hair untouched by water. 1

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Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4049, dated 15 January 2026. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.

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  1. Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 4049

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islam.museum contributors. “Wudu and ghusl with nail polish”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-nail-polish-and-wudu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Haemorrhoid bleeding after wudu

A question about haemorrhoid bleeding after finishing wudu, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that it does not break wudu if it comes from outside the anus, does break it if it comes from inside, and that continuous bleeding takes the ruling of urinary incontinence. The Department answered that if the blood comes from outside the anus, because the haemorrhoid protrudes, it does not break wudu, since blood leaving the body from anywhere other than the two passages does not break it. It said that if the blood comes out of the anus, the haemorrhoid being inside, it breaks wudu, so one must cleanse it, wash the place of the impurity and repeat wudu. It added that if the blood flows continuously, so that there is no interval long enough for purification and prayer without it, it takes the ruling of urinary incontinence: one cleans it after the time of each prayer begins, performs wudu straight after and prays the obligatory prayer at once; nothing more is required if some then comes out, and one may pray as many voluntary prayers as one wishes, but another obligatory prayer requires cleaning and wudu again.